Ford Mustang Sustains Its Global Dominance As Best-Selling Sports Coupe
As the Ford Mustang charges toward blowing out the candles on its 57th birthday cake on April 17, the original pony car once again accomplished a sales milestone. For the past six years, the IHS Markit data anointed the Blue Oval stallion as the world’s best-selling sports coupe on the merits of 80,577 units sold across the globe.
Interestingly, for enthusiasts, a surge in sales of high-performance models helped push the pony car across the finish line in first place. Not only were customers driving away in the new Shelby GT500, but scooping up the specialty rides at the sunset of their production cycles, including the Bullitt, Shelby GT350, and Shelby GT350R. Sales for those limited-production vehicles jumped by 52.7 percent in 2020.
“Mustang enthusiasts love their performance cars, and they showed that yet again,” said Hau Thai-Tang, chief product platform and operations officer, Ford Motor Company. “In a challenging year for the entire auto industry because of the global pandemic, Mustang performed very well, increasing its share in the global sports car segment.”
